# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-thaddeus-coleman-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:02:47.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-thaddeus-coleman-jr"
name: "William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr."
slug: "william-thaddeus-coleman-jr"
description: "William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was an American attorney and judge. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, from March 7, 1975, to January 20, 1977, and the second African American to serve in the United States Cabinet. As an attorney, Coleman played a major role in significant civil rights cases. At the time of his death, Coleman was the oldest living former Cabinet member."
tagline: "American attorney and judge, and fourth United States Secretary of Transportation (1920–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Thaddeus_Coleman_-_Cabinet_meeting.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1920-07-07"
deathDate: "2017-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump